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from the holding-the-bumper-doesn't-count dept.
Velonews reports that experienced cycle racer Denise Mueller of San Diego, California was successful in setting the first woman's paced (drafting behind a car) cycling record. The record is the culmination of at least two years of training and planning.
Mueller set the new women's speed record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats where she rode a highly customized bike that includes two 60-tooth chainrings and double-speedup gearing (the article mistakenly calls this double reduction). The article claims the bike had a 488 inch gear (equivalent wheel diameter for a direct-drive wheel) which translates to a cadence of 102 RPM at 147 miles per hour.
While she hoped to go even faster, the article mentions that they were only able to use a four mile long course. They had hoped for 6 miles but it seems that conditions on the salt this year don't make that possible.
(Score: 3, Funny) by NotSanguine on Wednesday September 14 2016, @09:50AM
Big deal. I can run faster than that.
Admittedly, I'm running on a treadmill that's on the back of a truck going 180mph, but nevertheless, I'm running at over 180mph.
That's nothing! I'm sitting on my fat ass at home and either moving at ~1040 miles per hour [wikipedia.org] or ~67,000 miles per hour [cornell.edu], depending on whether you want to look at the earth's rotational velocity or earth/sun orbital velocity, respectively.
So pick up the pace, slowpoke!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr